Analyze This: With playoffs a pipe dream, Canadiens should look to the future

There’s no way of sugar coating the current situation the Canadiens find themselves in.
It’s the first week of January, and their playoff chances currently stand at a paltry 1.1 per cent.
In other words, for the Canadiens to qualify for the playoffs they’d have to win 29 or 30 of their remaining 42 games. Considering they’ve only managed to win 16 of the first 40, a .700 win percentage the rest of the season is essentially a pipe dream.
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